Brooch in the Form of a Six-Pointed Star
late 700s-early 800s
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Brooch in the Form of a Six-Pointed Star, late 700s-early 800s. Frankish, early Carolingian, late 8th century - early 9th century. Gold with repoussé and filigree decoration; copper backplate; diameter: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2009.344 Look carefully at this brooch and notice a small animal, perhaps a dragon, camouflaged amid the swirling whirls of gold.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- gold with repoussé and filigree decoration; copper backplate
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 2009.344
- Credit Line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 106A Migration Period & Coptic
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